“There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.”
James Baldwin book The Fire Next Time
Source: The Fire Next Time
“They know too many things they should not know and they do not know some things they need to know.”
Moore, Malcolm. " 'Ai Weiwei: "The police can be very tough, but I can be tougher sometimes.”' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/9299885/Ai-Weiwei-The-police-can-be-very-tough-but-I-can-be-tougher-sometimes.html," in: Telegraph, May 30, 2012. <br class="br">2010-, 2012
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